Pages

Monday, September 16, 2013

Book of Random Things

Hello everyone! STAMPtember® continues at Simon Says Stamp with fun things happening every day. We have another stamping challenge at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog this week, namely to stamp on other surfaces than ordinary paper. Lots of options: acetate, chipboard, canvas, wood, metal and so much more.

I couldn't just stop at one non-paper surface, so this will be a long post. I stamped on: acetate, wood, frosted film, fabric, canvas, metal, vellum and photos.

I love this worn cover by Tim Holtz and decided to use to make a mixed album, using mainly scraps. I use my scraps often since I find that I can finish a project quicker when I dig into my scrap box. When I try out techniques, I often end up with more paper than what I use on a project and these are great bases for new project. The idea behind this album is to use scraps, to make quick pages, and also to use those odd photos, perhaps leftover from a layout, or quotes leftover from another project. I had lots of fun decorating the cover with different bits and pieces.

The frame was die cut from Simon Says Stamp wonderful Birch wood veneer paper, using the Baroque and Mini Baroque dies. I coloured the frame with Tumbled Glass Distress Stain and stamped it with a Tim Holtz text stamp, using Stazon ink. The frame was die cut a second time from black cardstock, which was placed as a shadow. The title was stamped with various alphabet stamps and Black Soot Distress Paint. I found that paint stamped the best on the fabric cover of the journal. Always remember to clean your stamp immediately after using it with paint.

Most of the grungeboard shapes were in my scrap box and had already been painted with Rock Candy Crackle Paint. I coloured them with Distress Stains.

Corners were gold embossed aiming for a distressed look. The compass was painted with Antique Linen Distressed Paint and lightly sanded to reveal the metal. The little hitch fastener was screwed to the cover.

I added rub-ons both to the cover and to some of the crackly die cuts. The flowers were dyed with Distress Stain.

Both the gears and the painted key hole were already in my scrap box, all I had to do was add colour to the gears.

On the spine, I added rub-ons for a title and two crackle butterflies.

I wanted the inside to be lighter than what it originally was and painted it with Antique Linen Distress Paint, adding some dry brushing with Walnut Stain. The orange rings were stamped with Distress Paint, which sticks to almost anything and the rest of the stamping was done with Archival Jet Black ink.

For a binder, I used Tim's large ring binder, which means that I can easily add more pages and change the order of the pages. I coloured it with Ginger and Pitch Black alcohol ink.

This is the back cover, which I left plain. The brushes were stamped with Distress Ink, first misting the stamp lightly with water. This gave a less detailed look than the stamping with Distress Paint.

Let's look at some of the pages. I thought it would look nice with some frosted film pages and added two together back to back. It is hard to photograph, but they look real nice in real life. I stamped them with Distress Paint and a dot stamp.

I also wanted some canvas pages and adhered natural sticky-back canvas back to back. It was coloured with Gelatos and stamped with Distress Paint.

Another great material to stamp on is metal. I adhered foil tape to glossy cardstock and stamped it with a text stamp and Stazon ink. You can use Archival Ink too, but Stazon dries faster. I embossed it in a gears folder and coloured with Distress Paint.

Transparent pages add interest to mini-books and I had a piece of acetate in my scrap box which had already been stamped with Platinum Stazon ink.

I have a lot of tags on which I have tried different techniques, this one came from Tim's 12 tags of 2013 July. I stamped it with Archival Inks.

These are some of the pages I decided to use, apart from the ones already shown above, there is a gelli printing page and a leftover from a wax crayon resist tutorial.

More of the pages, and the back of some of the pages above. Canvas, text paper, embossed paper, a walnut stain tag, a tag leftover from another project, more acetate stamping and a Distress Paint tag.

These were all in my scrap file, Distress Paint, more wax resist, various watercolour papers, heat embossed background and some journaling cards.

I made some these into finished pages.

Leftover small photos from layouts often disappear and this one was too cute not to use.

I love this photo of my dad, his friends and their bikes and used it on the gear page, together with a fence, bird, arrow and other bits and pieces, all found in my scrap box.

Even this photo of me was already cut out and in my scrap box (I think it was too small for the layout I was planning to have used it on). I am sitting on some Tattered Floral flowers and a quote ticket, with a white embossed vellum butterfly fluttering by. I used the white stamped acetate as a page and you can peak the metal page behind it.

Another photo that didn't make it onto a layout, taken on one of my favourite bike routes. I combined it with a left over quote from my Dotty ATC Gelli Print Book.

In the book, these pages look like this. Since they are transparent, you can see other pages behind them.

The frosted film page turned into a great surface for leftover lake photos, stamped with a sentiment stamp. The Birds on a Wire were in my scrap box too.

I used another lake photo on the other side, together with a little tag, a vellum cloud and a title.

Finally, I also used a photo of my grandfather and some embellishments that fit together with him, a vintage camera, hearts and an old postcard.

There are still lots of pages ready to be embellished in the book, and I can add more if I want to. I am planning to do a page now and then, using mainly leftover items. It is going to be such a fun mixed book when it is finished.

I hope I gave you some inspiration for surfaces to stamp on and that you will join us this week! As always, Simon Says Stamp gives a $50 gift voucher to one random participant.

Anna-Karin...this is such a gorgeous project. I love the worn book cover and what you've done with it. But, the interior covers and then all of the tags with the different embossing and other techniques on each one...oh my goodness...heaven! Such a wonderful and sentiment project. You always do such lovely work and this is absolutely no exception! <3 Candy

Hi Anna-Karin, love your book of random things. Love the mix of stamped surfaces. So many wonderful elements like the crackled camera, the camera with the image sitting on top, love the metal elements, the texture and dimension. Love the birds on a wire. Gorgeous well thought out piece. Tracy x

Hi Anna-Karin! I'm trying to catch up on my visits. And I knew I had to get by to this site. Oh my goodness ... what an incredible book. I love the cover, but your pages (especially with the stamped frosted film layers) are fabulous. The layering with that added transparent effect takes a beautiful page and makes it just fantastic. This is really great way to use all the odds and ends of previous project that we all have lying around. What a way to celebrate life :) Thanks for this amazing project -- Mary Elizabeth

What an absolutely amazing project and I am awed by the simple freedom of being completely random! What a great concept! Sometimes I slow myself down by thinking that everything has to go together so perfectly, but you've proven here that creativity certainly has no limits and you can combine all sorts of things into a beautiful final piece. Love this concept and your take on it, as always!

Oh, wow, Anna-Karin - I hardly know where to start! What an extraordinarily creative project - so many ideas and possibilities, textures and surfaces... The cover is already fabulous, and then all those amazing pages, beautifully inked, stamped, embossed and then so delightfully decorated with your photos, words and embellishments - this is magnificent!Alison x

About Me

Welcome to my blog! I have been doing arts and crafts my whole life, but papercrafting is the one that has totally captured my heart and mind. I started making cards in 2002 and to scrapbook two years later. I enjoy switching between the differently sized space of a card and a layout. My stamps and dies are my absolute favorite tools and I love creating something out of only white paper, stamps and ink, and to try out different techniques.

My galleries

Copyright Notice

The designs, images, and instructions on this blog are for personal use only and may not be distributed or sold in any form without specific permission from Anna-Karin Evaldsson.

Notice

Some of the products I use have been given to me by companies I design for, or sold to meat a discounted rate. This does not affect my content since I only use and blog about products that I like. This site also uses affiliate links, which means that I will receive a small commission when products are purchased from links posted here, at no extra cost to you. It helps me bring you more content and tutorials.